Morning everyone. There’s some reasonably good poll news for Anthony Albanese this morning. Our latest Essential survey shows his approval rating roughly back to where it was before the failed voice referendum.
But his treasurer is delivering the bad news in a speech today that braces the country for the shock of Donald Trump’s economic policies. Plus: swimming standards are slipping, and why people in Melbourne have been asked to inform on an Australian citizen and pro-democracy activist with links to Hong Kong.